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http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/On the above data base, my great-grandmother's cause of death is given as "maemia" - I cannot find out what it means by Googling. A fellow genealogist's ancestor died of "paedotrophia" - and she cannot find out what that is, either. Is it possible that the British concentration camp authorities wrote down any medical-sounding words they could devise to disguise the fact that people were dying like flies of starvation and so on? Or are those really medical terms?
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Part of it may be the ligature æ being replaced by e. That said, I find nothing in onelook for memia, but pedatrophia does yield this.
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maemia
It might be a transcription error for anaemia.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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pedatropia or marasmus: extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food... I'll say!
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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Thank you for the welcome. Where must I draw you a sheep? Why must I draw you a sheep?
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I think the signature is a quote from Winny the Pooh and something like a rethorical question.
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The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
May be rhetorical; some take it literally.
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Exactly, Peter. I responded to the question in
a PM. Since the Pilot cannot draw very well, he
draws a box, and tells the Prince that the sheep
is in the box, which satisfies him.
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Prince or Winnie, you did a nice job on your sheep but some newcomer might think the drawing of a sheep is an exam test that comes with the WELCOME.  Sheepless in Seattle.
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Credit where credit's due, Branny - Luke's sheep and my reallycool-Rhubarb are the work of our own refugee from the Titipu Town Band, Tromboniator! Long may his pencil stay sharp. 
I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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You bet, Rhuby!
Always the critic. I see others have their
signature at the standard size, not reduced so as to
become distraction to the message. Now it is
a test?
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 05/10/2013 4:06 PM.
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If you read well I do give Tromboniator credit. I already complimented him on the drawings before. That should be clear.
Yes, I am the critic openly this time because Luke insist to misunderstand my words in case I'd write a PM. Then takes it out to the board to complain about being attacked. This is a long term irritation and now I said it in the open. Please Luke, give your signature the 17P font. Why not?
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psst.. you can block signatures in Your Preferences - I, somehow, have managed to do it permanently (including my own!).
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Thanks much. Got it fixed now.
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Always about control, never tolerance.
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Tolerance and kindness are not one and the same thing.
Critisism and unkindness are not one and the same thing either.
Last edited by BranShea; 05/13/2013 12:16 PM.
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Have it your way, you will anyhow.
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